The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-12
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solom,nrille. Aris.. Jan. 9. 1ss7

' annals of the history of Graham
 county, one which has excelled the
 present in efficiency, business ca u pacity and a desire to labor for
 the benefit of the people at large;
 in fact it is as it should be, for du- ring their session all personal in , terests were set aside. The inter
 ests of the people were paramount.
 Ia selecting such Board as the
 present one the credit is due to the democracy of Graham county;
 now tha! the election is over, all parties having set aside party diff
 ferences, should join in hearty } congratulations at having secured for the highest offices in their gift,
 such representative men on whom
 they may implicitly rely to con
 duct the business of the county.
 Although iu monetary sense
 the office of 8 member of tho
 Board of Supervisors is not q high
 one, your correspondent argues
 and I am sure the majority of the
 people and all who have established
 interests in this county will agree
 with him; that there is no office
  of greater responsibility nor one where the capabilities Of the hold CT thereof are called more into ac- ton or where his efficiency or tact . as business man will be more i strikingly exhibited. Gentlemen l of the Board of Supervisors; ycu havo already gained the confidence of the people of Graham county. We would regret to see you lose it. Continue as you have begun, always promptly on hand at every meeting, showing yourselves as you have already done, a live in terest in tho affairs of the county, the welfare and prosperity of the people at heart, and full appre- citation of the grave responsibili- ties that rest upon you. In doing this we shall also gain the conf dence of the people outside of the county; our progress will be per cepti5ly accelerated and monied men will more readily trust their investments within our borders.
 1t the last session of the Board about $1,O0O was paid in bounties on scalps of wild animals How long is this farce to continue! If the legislature would pass an act offering a bounty for these snarl- ing, hide-bound-razor-back coyotes which pose by the name of dogs, making the life of the nervous a burden and which grace the scenery of our precinct Us well as every other town which has large Mexican population, they would be regarded as benefactors of the human race, their names would be handed down 10 posterity, and ther footprints would be indeli- bly marked on the sands of time.
 Mir. J. E. Carat, our school $ teacher, and justice of the peace, ( will occupy the sanctum of the ( Probate Judge during his absence, having been appointed by him probate clerk and deputy county superintendent of schools. We . feel assured he will he will do jus | tibe to the position entrusted to a him.
 All the county officials have buckled down to the new years work and every thing is running l smoothly. Mir Fred Newell our c deputy treasurer is manag- ing the treasurcr's office in [ way which shows he understands | his business and is making many J friends by his pleasant manner and | ready wit |
 Mir F. J. Bolan's house IS com l pleted and is now ready for an oc- | cupant.
 J. B. Mccarthy, our local archi- tect is building a neat little house t nearly opposite Mir. Bolan's. Ra- C nor says Mack is getting tired of the blessings of a bachelors life and wants somebody to kick him ! out of bed to build the fire these | cold mornings.
 Juan Acuna has also considera- bly improved his house since the ; late floods. q
 On the fourth instant the Pro bate Judge apportioned among the | several school districts S5,175.70 C the largest apportionment of the year. J
 A few weeks ago scrub" pass I ed through the valley taking or . ders for suits of clothes. He claim c ed to represent some large cloth l ing house in Philadelphia and re